# significar
## Asturian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāre.

### Verb

significar (first-person singular indicative present significo, past participle significáu)
* to mean, signify

#### Conjugation
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [siŋ.ni.fiˈka]
* IPA: (Valencia) [siŋ.ni.fiˈkaɾ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

### Verb

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiquí, past participle significat)
* to mean, to signify
    Synonym: voler dir
    Si hi ha núvols al cel, significa que plourà. ― If there are clouds in the sky, it means that it's going to rain.

#### Derived terms

* significat

#### Related terms

* significació
* significant
* significatiu

### Further reading

* “significar” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “significar”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “significar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “significar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Galician
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin significāre.

### Verb

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiquei, past participle significado)
* to mean, signify

#### Conjugation

$^1$Less recommended.

#### Related terms

* significado
* signo

## Interlingua
### Verb

significar
* to mean; signify

#### Conjugation

| infinitive | infinitive | significar | significar |
| participle | participle | present | perfect |
| participle | participle | significante | significate |
| active | | simple | perfect |
| active | present | significa | ha significate |
| active | past | significava | habeva significate |
| active | future | significara | habera significate |
| active | conditional | significarea | haberea significate |
| active | imperative | significa | |
| passive | | simple | perfect |
| passive | present | es significate | ha essite significate |
| passive | past | esseva significate | habeva essite significate |
| passive | future | essera significate | habera essite significate |
| passive | conditional | esserea significate | haberea essite significate |
| passive | imperative | sia significate | |

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin significāre.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(h)], /siɡ.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [siɡ.ni.fiˈka(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(h)], /siɡ.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [siɡ.ni.fiˈka(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ɾ)/, /siɡ.ni.fiˈka(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(χ)], /siɡ.ni.fiˈka(ʁ)/ [siɡ.ni.fiˈka(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /siɡ.ni.fiˈka(ɻ)/, /si.ɡi.ni.fiˈka(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /si.ɡni.fiˈkaɾ/ [si.ɣni.fiˈkaɾ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /si.ɡni.fiˈkaɾ/ [si.ɣni.fiˈkaɾ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /si.ɡni.fiˈka.ɾi/ [si.ɣni.fiˈka.ɾi]
* Hyphenation: sig‧ni‧fi‧car

### Verb

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiquei, past participle significado)
* (transitive) to mean (to have a particular meaning)
    A palavra “livro” significa um conjunto de páginas ligadas. ― The word “book” means a collection of bound pages.
* (transitive, often taking que and a subordinate clause) to mean; to signify (to indicate a consequence)
    Isso significa guerra. ― This means war.

#### Conjugation

$^1$Brazilian Portuguese. $^2$European Portuguese.

#### Related terms

* ressignificar
* significado
* significante
* significativo
* signo
* sinal

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin significāre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /siɡnifiˈkaɾ/ [siɣ̞.ni.fiˈkaɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɾ
* Syllabification: sig‧ni‧fi‧car

### Verb

significar (first-person singular present significo, first-person singular preterite signifiqué, past participle significado)
* to signify
* to mean
* (pronominal) to stand out
    Synonym: distinguirse
    se significa por su inteligencia ― He stands out for his intelligence.
* (pronominal) to speak out, to assert (to voice one's opinion) [with en ‘in regards to something’]
    significarse en contra de la guerra ― to speak out against the war

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* significado
* significancia
* significante

### Further reading

* “significar”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10